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Summary of probable SARS cases with onset of illness from 1 November 2002 to 31 July 2003

(revised 26 September 2003)

Cumulative number of cases

Areas

Female

Male

Total

Median age (range)

Number of deaths^a

Case fatality ratio (%)

Number of imported cases (%)

Number of HCW affected (%)

Date onset first probable case

Date onset last probable case

Australia

4

2

6

15 (1-45)

0

0

6 (100)

1 (16)

26-Feb-03

1-Apr-03

Canada

151

100

251

49 (1-98)

43

17

5 (2)

109 (43)

23-Feb-03

12-Jun-03

China

2674

2607

5327^b

Pending

349

7

Not Applicable

1002 (19)

16-Nov-02

3-Jun-03

China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

977

778

1755

40 (0-100)

299

17

Not Applicable

386 (22)

15-Feb-03

31-May-03

China, Macao Special Administrative Region

0

1

1

28

0

0

1 (100)

0 (0)

5-May-03

5-May-03

China, Taiwan

218

128

346

42 (0-93)

37

11

21 (6)

68 (20)

25-Feb-03

15-Jun-03

France

1

6

7

49 (26 - 56)

1

14

7 (100)

2 (29)^c

21-Mar-03

3-May-03

Germany

4

5

9

44 (4-73)

0

0

9 (100)

1 (11)

9-Mar-03

6-May-03

India

0

3

3

25 (25-30)

0

0

3 (100)

0 (0)

25-Apr-03

6-May-03

Indonesia

0

2

2

56 (47-65)

0

0

2 (100)

0 (0)

6-Apr-03

17-Apr-03

Italy

1

3

4

30.5 (25-54)

0

0

4 (100)

0 (0)

12-Mar-03

20-Apr-03

Kuwait

1

0

1

50

0

0

1 (100)

0 (0)

9-Apr-03

9-Apr-03

Malaysia

1

4

5

30 (26-84)

2

40

5 (100)

0 (0)

14-Mar-03

22-Apr-03

Mongolia

8

1

9

32 (17-63)

0

0

8 (89)

0 (0)

31-Mar-03

6-May-03

New Zealand

1

0

1

67

0

0

1 (100)

0 (0)

20-Apr-03

20-Apr-03

Philippines

8

6

14

41 (29-73)

2

14

7 (50)

4 (29)

25-Feb-03

5-May-03

Republic of Ireland

0

1

1

56

0

0

1 (100)

0 (0)

27-Feb-03

27-Feb-03

Republic of Korea

0

3

3

40 (20-80)

0

0

3 (100)

0 (0)

25-Apr-03

10-May-03

Romania

0

1

1

52

0

0

1 (100)

0 (0)

19-Mar-03

19-Mar-03

Russian Federation

0

1

1

25

0

0

Not Available

0 (0)

5-May-03

5-May-03

Singapore

161

77

238

35 (1-90)

33

14

8 (3)

97 (41)

25-Feb-03

5-May-03

South Africa

0

1

1

62

1

100

1 (100)

0 (0)

3-Apr-03

3-Apr-03

Spain

0

1

1

33

0

0

1 (100)

0 (0)

26-Mar-03

26-Mar-03

Sweden

3

2

5

43 (33-55)

0

0

5 (100)

0 (0)

28-Mar-03

23-Apr-03

Switzerland

0

1

1

35

0

0

1 (100)

0 (0)

9-Mar-03

9-Mar-03

Thailand

5

4

9

42 (2-79)

2

22

9 (100)

1 (11)^c

11-Mar-03

27-May-03

United Kingdom

2

2

4

59 (28-74)

0

0

4 (100)

0 (0)

1-Mar-03

1-Apr-03

United States

14

15

29

33 (0-83)

0

0

28 (97)^d

0 (0)

24-Feb-03

13-Jul-03^e

Viet Nam

39

24

63

43 (20-76)

5

8

1 (2)

36 (57)

23-Feb-03

14-Apr-03

Total

8098

774

9.6

143

1707 (21)

a. Includes only cases whose death is attributed to SARS.
b. Case classification by sex is unknown for 46 cases.
c. Includes HCWs who acquired illness in other areas.
d. The transmission pattern is undertermined for one case.
e. Due to differences in case definitions, the United States has reported probable cases of SARS with onsets of illness after 5 July 2003.